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View synonyms for supplanter
supplanter
[ suh-plan-ter, -plahn‐ ]
noun
- someone or something taking the place of another, as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like:
The railways were extolled in art and literature on a scale of imagination and power which the steam train's unromantic supplanter, the automobile, wholly failed to inspire.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of supplanter1
First recorded in 1350–1400; supplant ( def ) + -er 1( def )
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